The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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There's a young hippo and a 130+ year old tortoise in a Kenyan wildlife preserve who are best friends and they even sleep and play together.
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Sheep, goats, octopuses, and toads have rectangular pupils.
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Some lizards, in which the tail is a major storage organ for accumulating reserves, will return to a dropped tail after the threat has passed, and will eat it to recover part of the sacrificed supplies.
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Cats lose almost as much fluid in the saliva while grooming themselves as they do through urination!
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Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
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